Please base on the instructions, abstract (attached file) and the comment by professor to write the paper.Use Chicago Style!Intro:This research paper will focus on personal computers as an angle on media technology infrastructure framework. Personal computers have revolutionized how people interact and communicate within the contemporary world. The invention of personal computers has seen the introduction of other innovative technologies such as the introduction of the internet that has impacted almost every aspect of lifeInstruction:For the whole paper, please think about these questions:12 pt. font, 1” margins, page numbers, Chicago citation style on the affordances of a media infrastructure, technology, or material component of either within a media ecology framework (the study of media as environments rather than contents per se). We will be learning to research and write in a genealogical style. That is, from concerns, patterns, discourses, social issues, etc. identified in the present moment, you will work backward in time, asking how they came to be so. What contemporary everyday life practice, technology, or social issue do you personally care to explore in depth? personal computers.What affordances of the contemporary media environment have made this concern or issue thinkable to you?What is an infrastructure, how and why did this concept develop over time, and what infrastructures relate to your research concern in particular?What theoretical approaches have previous scholars used to study infrastructure and technology?How can you tell a story grounded in theory about your particular infrastructure, technology, or material?Your introductory paragraph should be excellent, with a clear focus on your particular subject and theme, and research question followed by a thesis statement as a “hook.” The body sections (literature review, historical section, and discussion) should not be too short. Literature review: You may want to keep an annotated bibliography as you read articles and books on your subject. This helps you understand arguments and map out the things that have been said as they relate to your subject. Each entry in an annotated bibliography includes a summary of the book or article, an analysis of how it is and isn’t useful to your subject or argument, and a section about shortcomings you see in it. An annotated bibliography really helps with writing the literature review section. So, Include a bibliography. You should have at least 6 scholarly sources in it, and they should be cited, summarized, and/or quoted from in your paper. Scholarly sources may come from either assigned course readings or your own research.Historical section: Keep in mind the encoding-decoding model for interpreting your subject. How did early designers intend for their technologies or infrastructures to be used? When were their ideas challenged, and what was the outcome of these moments? Given that we tend to expect infrastructures to function in the background of our everyday activity, out of sight and mind, what adaptations resulted from either negotiated or oppositional (think about the protesters on the highway) uses of the infrastructure you’re studying?Discussion section: This is where you say your peace. What does the evidence you’ve presented mean? Can you explain tensions, contradictions, or surprising findings? Why is this significant?The conclusion is usually 1-2 paragraphs, touches back on your key argument, and offers limitations of your claims as well as next steps for research in this area.Abstract: please base on the abstract to write rough draft. (available in the file)Comment of abstract: here is the professor’s comment of the abstract. Please base on it and change some details and ideas.”This is a good start to a paper. There is much to say about the personal computer and its affordances for new kinds of sociality. What you’ve written is not an abstract, but I can tell that you’ve done a good bit of reading already. I’m not sure you yet have an argument. What is it about the personal computer that you want to study? Is there a moment in the development of personal computers that you would like to research? Perhaps an aspect of their design at a point of uncertainty? Or the introduction of the personal computer in a particular place (like the “one laptop per child” initiative)? Keep in mind that the personal computer is different from the mobile phone or smartphone. And is computing an unmitigated good, or will electronic waste undermine its benefits in the end? What about the negative impacts on our ability to attend to nature and the people around us, higher rates of depression, the possibility of a society premised on surveillance and preying on our vulnerabilities as marketing opportunities? More refining yet to do here.”
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Tracing Media Infrastructure with Personal Computers
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Tracing Media Infrastructure with Personal computers
This research paper will focus on personal computers as an angle on media technology
infrastructure framework. Personal computers have revolutionized how people interact and
communicate within the contemporary world. The invention of personal computers has seen the
introduction of other innovative technologies such as the introduction of the internet that has
impacted almost every aspect of life1. Computers have changed the way people relate to one
another, the way people communicate on a day-to-day basis and the way people live within
communities. It has also impacted the way people organize their activities, work, their
communities, and most importantly their time. The society, on the other hand, has influenced the
growth and development of personal computers with their endless needs to process information
faster and better2. In a nutshell, personal computing technologies have evolved as a means to
provide a solution to various societal problems, and their growth and innovation continue to be
experienced into a broader scope.
Abbott, 2017 research on the growth of personal computer technologies including mobile
phones, tablet, and laptops claims that in the last 30 years the world has undergone
telecommunication revolution that has seen a tremendous revolution in the personal computer
industry. The mobile phone, for example, has evolved from being a luxury item to an essential
part of any contemporary or modern day life. Massive growth in ownership has been experienced
in the past three decades which means that there are considerably more mobile phones in the
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Linge, Nigel, and Andy Sutton. 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK. Amberley Publishing
Limited, 2015.
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Abbott, Ryan. “A Study Of The Growth And Evolution Of Personal Computer Devices
Throughout The Pc Age.” Phd Diss., Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017.
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world than people. Sutton and Linge, 2015, p.5 confirm this idea by stating that the growth of
consumer market for personal computer technology has promoted a significant increase in the
acquisition and development of more advanced personal computers to meet the needs and
expectation of the growing consumer market.
The growth of personal computers raises the question, “How has the growth and
development of personal computers impacted everyday life. The affordance theory supports the
general growth in the use of personal computers within the contemporary world. In other words,
with the advancing knowledge and need to increase speed and pace of communication, the
growth of personal computers such as laptops and mobile phones has influenced the
development of the internet and other communication networks to fill the void3. The growth and
development of communication networks continue to support the development of personal
computers to assist in communication and to continue connecting people and facilitating
engagement regardless of time and distance.
I, therefore, argue that the growth and development of personal computers build on the
perceptions of Sutton and Linge, 2015 and Abbott, 2017 that claimed personal computers would
continue to grow and advance4. The objective of this growth is to meet the consumer demand for
such a product that has since been seen as part of everyday life. Today, contemporary life spans
and builds on technology. Can you imagine staying even for a day without your mobile phone?
What of staying without internet? Modern life today is shaped by technology as we see them as
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Abbott, Ryan. “A Study Of The Growth And Evolution Of Personal Computer Devices
Throughout The Pc Age.” Phd Diss., Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017.
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Linge, Nigel, and Andy Sutton. 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK. Amberley Publishing
Limited, 2015.
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making life complete5. Without personal computers in our life, life becomes boring as we have
inclined our everyday life to an environment of technology.
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Abbott, Ryan. “A Study Of The Growth And Evolution Of Personal Computer Devices
Throughout The Pc Age.” Phd Diss., Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017.
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Bibliography
Abbott, Ryan. “A Study Of The Growth And Evolution Of Personal Computer Devices
Throughout The Pc Age.” Phd Diss., Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2017.
Linge, Nigel, and Andy Sutton. 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK. Amberley Publishing
Limited, 2015.
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